Outdoor Life and Indian Stories / Making open air life attractive to young Americans by telling them all about woodcraft, signs and signaling, the stars, fishing, camping, camp cooking, how to tie knots and how to make fire without matches, and many other fascinating open air pursuits. Also, stories of noted hunters and scouts, great indians and warriors, including Daniel Boone, Kit Carson, General Custer, Pontiac, Tecumseh, King Philip, Black Hawk, Brandt, Sitting Bull, and a host of others whose names are famous; all of them true and interesting

FROM WHERE THE SUN NOW STANDS, I FIGHT NO MORE AGAINST THE WHITE MAN.
MAKING OPEN AIR LIFE ATTRACTIVE TO YOUNG AMERICANS BY TELLING THEM ALL ABOUT WOODCRAFT, SIGNS AND SIGNALING, THE STARS, FISHING, CAMPING, CAMP COOKING, HOW TO TIE KNOTS AND HOW TO MAKE FIRE WITHOUT MATCHES, AND MANY OTHER FASCINATING OPEN AIR PURSUITS ——ALSO—— STORIES OF NOTED HUNTERS AND SCOUTS GREAT INDIANS AND WARRIORS, INCLUDING DANIEL BOONE, KIT CARSON, GENERAL CUSTER, PONTIAC, TECUMSEH, KING PHILIP, BLACK HAWK, BRANDT, SITTING BULL, AND A HOST OF OTHERS WHOSE NAMES ARE FAMOUS ALL OF THEM TRUE AND INTERESTING BY EDWARD S. ELLIS Author of the Celebrated Ellis Books of Adventure, The Deerfoot Series, Youth's History of the United States, Etc., Etc. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED WITH LITHOGRAPH COLOR PLATES, HALF-TONE ENGRAVINGS AND LINE DRAWINGS
Copyright 1912 By L. T. MYERS

What boy can resist the call of the woods, the desire to know the forest and its furred and feathered inhabitants, the fish, the insects, the plants? But to gather this knowledge in safety the boy must first learn the ways of the woods, the life of the camper, how to cook and find his way by the stars, how to tie knots and what to do in case of accident, the language of signs and the secrets of the trail. There is no better way to do this than to study the methods of the Indians, the most expert woodsmen the world has known. At their call the forest produced food, drink, clothes, ornaments and all the necessities of life. Let us see how they managed this.
THE CAMP

METHOD OF THATCHING A LEAN-TO
The first thing to be considered on going into the forest is the camp where the night is to be spent. In choosing a place for this see that there is fresh water, wood for the fire and brush-wood for building a lean-to, or hut, at hand. It is well to build on a dry, level place, with just enough slope to the ground to insure the water running away in case of rain. The Indians used to live in huts thatched with brush-wood, and these are best made by building what is known as a lean-to. Look for two trees standing from eight to ten feet apart on your camping place, with branches from six to eight feet above the ground. By placing a pole from one tree to the other in the crotches and leaning other poles against this one, brush-wood can be woven in to form a very good roof. Branches of the balsam or hemlock are best for this purpose, and the needles should point down. It is well to collect as many soft, thick tips of trees of this character as possible, both for the thatching and to make the beds. Cover the floor of the lean-to with these tips thickly and lay the rubber blankets on top, rubber side down. Be sure to make the head of your bed toward the inside and away from the opening. You will find that this makes a very comfortable bed.